For classic and vintage fans...

[Nyles]

If you want to use the correct terminology, it's a No.4 Mk.I(T), and that's a a No.32 Mk.III scope. It's amazing how far optics technology has come - my C7A2 has a 3.4X on it, and the snipers are using much more powerful glass.

[Gunmaster45]

I was close enough.

Nice gun, how'd you get it?

[Nyles]

Some more of my recent purchases:



This is one that, oddly, I looked for for years before finding. It's an Italian Bodeo M1889 in 10.4mm Italian, this one made in 1925. There's alot of variation in Bodeos, espescially for a military weapon, but this one is a pretty standard Trooper's model with the folding trigger, and likely would have been issued to machine gun troops in WWII. The Bodeo is one of those guns that was obsolete soon after being introduced, but kept in production for a long time because they were too useful to throw away.




This is a French MAS M1935S M1, a simplified alternative to the SACM M1935A adopted in 1935, and used simultaneously. It fires the somewhat underpowered 7.65mm Longue cartridge, and has a very awkward safety lever, but otherwise it's a good little gun. It's evolved from the 1911, but is quite a bit smaller, and this one is in almost mint condition.




This is an Austrian Rast Gasser M1898 made by Steyr in 1917. Although it's definately not the prettiest handgun ever, they're extremely well made and have alot of good features which would be copied over the years. It's neat in that its an 8 shot in 8mm Gasser, making it a pretty underpowered, and is in spite of its year of adoption a profoundly 19th century design.

[Nyles]

This is a British Martini-Henry Mk.III in 577-450 Boxer-Henry, made in 1882 at Enfield. The Martini is mostly remembered for its use in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, but was a front line weapon for almost 20 years. While the Mk.III arrived too late for the Anglo-Zulu war, I wanted one because it's the model specially issued to the 90th Winnipeg Rifles during the 1885 North West Rebellion here in Canada, when the rest of the Candian militia at the time carried the older Snider-Enfield. It's missing a cleaning rod in the picture, but I've since bought a replacement.




This is a German Mauser Gewehr 98, made at Oberndorff in 1917. I looked for a Gewehr 98 for many years, but they're surprisingly hard to find because, for a number of reasons, the survival rate was somewhat low. This one is all original, including the distinctive Lange rear sight, and although it's a little rough, because they're so hard to find I can live it.